Greetings everyone, Is it just my perception or has this autumn been particularly stunning and colorful? Even if I only have a few brief moments to quickly walk around the block, I’m grabbing any opportunity I can to get outside (between torrential downpours) to...
Warm Welcome At the beginning of the third meeting of the Seattle Recorder Society at Faith Lutheran Church, Music Director Vicki Boeckman graciously greeted seventeen of us on Zoom plus a couple dozen players in the wonderful, warm, welcoming space (OK, maybe not...
On November 9, Aly Gardner-Shelby delivered three carefully curated boxes of materials collected from closets, filing cabinets, and garages to the archives at the University of Washington. Taken together, these boxes contain records, programs, newsletters and other...
On a beautiful sunny day in August, I began teaching the first Kyuquot Summer Music Camp “Recorder Explorers” in the remote village of Kyuquot, a small community of mostly indigenous people on the west coast of Vancouver Island. I greeted five young students between...
From Peter Seibert We recently received the sad news that Kate Bracher, one of the giants of the recorder world in the Northwest, died on October 26. She was an honorary member of the Seattle Recorder Society and was a friend, a colleague, and a mentor to many of us...
At its November meeting, the SRS board approved a proposal presented by Ellis Hillinger for the continuation of the Fall Fipple Flute Forum in 2024 This year’s event (the fifth FFFF) will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, 2024. It will be held at...